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Ada Mae Wurst Patterson, 101 years old, died January 15, 2012, at Foothills Retirement Home, where
she had lived since 2007. She was born July 25, 1910, in Ochlochnee, GA (Thomas County), oldest daughter of
William Henry and Minnie Giles Wurst. She was married in 1942 to Jack Holland Patterson, who died in 1986. They
had one daughter, Mada Holland Patterson Johnston, who lives in Nashville, TN, with her husband Joseph
Johnston. She had two sisters and five brothers, one of whom survives, the Rev. Dr. Rodney Wurst of Beaver
Creek, Ohio, with his wife, Frances, and several children and grandchildren. She is survived by numerous nieces,
nephews, grandnieces, and grandnephews. She attended Brenau College and Emory University. Mr. and Mrs.
Patterson moved to Dahlonega in 1979, shortly after retirement, and joined Grace Episcopal Chapel.
She taught piano and voice, and was choir director and/or organist at several churches, the last being Dahlonega
Presbyterian Church, where she had been a member since the late 1980s. She initiated the annual Festival of
Psalms in the 1990s, which brought together the choirs of several local churches on the Tuesday evening before
Thanksgiving. In addition to music, she enjoyed her pets, gardening, sewing, quilting, and painting (mostly
watercolor); her quilts hung in several municipal buildings and state park lodges; and her paintings were exhibited
in art shows from Dahlonega to Atlanta, including an exhibit that toured the state sponsored by the Georgia
Council for the Arts. She gave one of her paintings to President Jimmy Carter’s mother, Lillian, with whom she
corresponded for a number of years. She donated to the Lumpkin County Library a collection of Christmas trees
decorated with items she had made by hand. She loved cats and was never without one since 1946, when she
brought home Chessie for her two-year-old daughter. At the age of 81, she adopted her first dog, Poppy, when
she rescued an abandoned puppy.
She requested that there not be a funeral. A memorial service will be held in the spring. She also requested no
flowers; in lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Dahlonega Presbyterian Church, 150 Warwick St.,
Dahlonega 30533; also PAWS Humane Society, 1363 Red Oak Flats Road, Dahlonega, 30533, from which she
selected the beloved cat Peaches for her retirement home.
she had lived since 2007. She was born July 25, 1910, in Ochlochnee, GA (Thomas County), oldest daughter of
William Henry and Minnie Giles Wurst. She was married in 1942 to Jack Holland Patterson, who died in 1986. They
had one daughter, Mada Holland Patterson Johnston, who lives in Nashville, TN, with her husband Joseph
Johnston. She had two sisters and five brothers, one of whom survives, the Rev. Dr. Rodney Wurst of Beaver
Creek, Ohio, with his wife, Frances, and several children and grandchildren. She is survived by numerous nieces,
nephews, grandnieces, and grandnephews. She attended Brenau College and Emory University. Mr. and Mrs.
Patterson moved to Dahlonega in 1979, shortly after retirement, and joined Grace Episcopal Chapel.
She taught piano and voice, and was choir director and/or organist at several churches, the last being Dahlonega
Presbyterian Church, where she had been a member since the late 1980s. She initiated the annual Festival of
Psalms in the 1990s, which brought together the choirs of several local churches on the Tuesday evening before
Thanksgiving. In addition to music, she enjoyed her pets, gardening, sewing, quilting, and painting (mostly
watercolor); her quilts hung in several municipal buildings and state park lodges; and her paintings were exhibited
in art shows from Dahlonega to Atlanta, including an exhibit that toured the state sponsored by the Georgia
Council for the Arts. She gave one of her paintings to President Jimmy Carter’s mother, Lillian, with whom she
corresponded for a number of years. She donated to the Lumpkin County Library a collection of Christmas trees
decorated with items she had made by hand. She loved cats and was never without one since 1946, when she
brought home Chessie for her two-year-old daughter. At the age of 81, she adopted her first dog, Poppy, when
she rescued an abandoned puppy.
She requested that there not be a funeral. A memorial service will be held in the spring. She also requested no
flowers; in lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Dahlonega Presbyterian Church, 150 Warwick St.,
Dahlonega 30533; also PAWS Humane Society, 1363 Red Oak Flats Road, Dahlonega, 30533, from which she
selected the beloved cat Peaches for her retirement home.
Amy C. Parker
>
> email = amycpflute@aol.com
> comments = So sorry to hear about Ada's passing. She passed away
the same day as my precious grandfather, Byron Hairston.
>
> Ada was a dear lady who loved life and had many interests and
hobbies.
> I knew her years ago when I was in college working on my music
degree. She asked me to play with her on many of the Evening Vesper
Music concerts that she initiated at the Dahlonega Presbyterian Church
back in the early 1990's. I played the flute and she played the piano. I
enjoyed rehearsing and talking with her about music. She always loved
the "Evening Prayer" from Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel and wanted
me to play that with her often. We also played other musical selections
from Bach, Handel and many of the other great composers.
>
> I remember on one phone conversation, Ada telling me that years ago,
when she lived in Carrolton, GA, she used to live next door to William
Fred Scott's mother and knew her son, William Fred Scott as a boy. (In
the 1990's, William Fred Scott was the Artistic Director of the Atlanta
Opera.)
>
> Ada always had many interesting stories to tell and was a positive and
happy person. Rest in Peace.
>
> Amy C. Parker, flutist
>
>
> email = amycpflute@aol.com
> comments = So sorry to hear about Ada's passing. She passed away
the same day as my precious grandfather, Byron Hairston.
>
> Ada was a dear lady who loved life and had many interests and
hobbies.
> I knew her years ago when I was in college working on my music
degree. She asked me to play with her on many of the Evening Vesper
Music concerts that she initiated at the Dahlonega Presbyterian Church
back in the early 1990's. I played the flute and she played the piano. I
enjoyed rehearsing and talking with her about music. She always loved
the "Evening Prayer" from Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel and wanted
me to play that with her often. We also played other musical selections
from Bach, Handel and many of the other great composers.
>
> I remember on one phone conversation, Ada telling me that years ago,
when she lived in Carrolton, GA, she used to live next door to William
Fred Scott's mother and knew her son, William Fred Scott as a boy. (In
the 1990's, William Fred Scott was the Artistic Director of the Atlanta
Opera.)
>
> Ada always had many interesting stories to tell and was a positive and
happy person. Rest in Peace.
>
> Amy C. Parker, flutist
>